Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-08
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WHO,
IIo had sanlolSKt tact. to avoid flottory
and not to mako siskening prnt.stetIons;
anu the lotter pore tho stamp OF sln;
messenger brought an answer, and MISC
Horse WAS his aiqhnc,,l wifc.
Escorting tho fldlcs to thoir homo. d
marr:ilccht couptry sent. Mr.. Randall
would not have boon human bnd he not
congratulated himself upon tho futur5
ownership OF the 80 lnyi .hly ru:
presented all around hiiii:
Ho hal said nothing about the futur5
positi,.a Of Miss MAXWELL. goo,l-nnturcd.
home with hor 6tint but hi sonietlno.
thought no wotild give her hint
about assuming SO mu6h tho nlr of mis-:
tress OF tho housS.
Tho wedding %as magnificent, thU
honeymoon spuiit In travelling upon Il
wcddinE-glft OF chequo from Mr.
Randall's uncle; and ono morning, III
cosy confidence. tho subject of going
home arose. ~rt
whure hnvO you taken rooms. dcara''
Mrs. Kan'lnlinsked; 'cr shall you SO ID
Rooms" cried {ho bridegroom; /;
shall you not roturn to your owh
houso?"
!" sly own houso! ftavo no housd,
Joc." for suddenly thS truth flashed
upon her; "did tOu think i had money?
I thought everyone kpGw TINT 1 was
Maude's pensiouer. OFT" hnd her facG
Mas very pnlo. "whnt Il fool have boon
though that you, loved no."
"Yod nrc no fool In thinking that"
Was the quick reply. rs hyr husband put
I dil think tho position reversed, and
thnt Maude depended on you; but
nevor doubt my love. II It was not
worry ardent when 1 proposed to you, it
grows stronger cvCry day that We spond
together"
But yct you thought mo wealthy"
"a huni.inting fact cnunot deny :"
and then In n sudden outburst OF con.
flienco. Mr.. Randall told Ills wlfc tho
whole truth. dwelling SOFA ,whnt longor
upon his business attempts nil,l perplexl-
ties. than on tho hopo he had cntor.
tHincd OF Q future lilo OF iuxurious Idle.
ness. @~ ~
When no had finished. his wifo
spoke:
You mny not llko to hear my fathers
opinion Of mo, Joc. though he meant 1t
to be complimentary ono. He always
said should have been innn, for had
q trne business head.
% Fer ton years heforo no died he was
pnrnlyzcd. mud was tho nctunl hoad OF
his busi;.oss. tho weaving of carpets, IN
W. Ho loft me competency,
which WAS stolen from me by dis
honest trustee; and should havo
taken up BOmo occupation to gnln my
own living had not Mnudo boon left an
orphan. and implorcd me to live with
her.
" 1t WAS scarcely life of dependence,
for sho needed ME, nffd hor lavish gifts
f,f t.,ft
tho place OF tho snlnry anyone olse IN
tny pines must hnvc boon paid. I was
housekccpor aud chnpcron. and wo wcro
tory happy hut never dreamed thut
~ns supposed to- own her wcalth.
Now llstcn TO my proposition:
,"Tho factory my father controlloh Is
Closed. but nm an old friend of the
owner. who carried on tho business for
short time after my father died, and
fouhd his ignorancS OF tho ddtafft swept
away ar tho profits. wilr Ai{foduce
you to HIM, and the sale of nrS diamonds
will, give. as sufIlciont capitaP for q
"You will be nominal mnster,, Dis my
father WAS. until you conquer .E1f fhe In
tricacies OF tho business. gahf 9iif old
customers, and carry on tho whoit With
out nsslatapco.
Until fhcn. let mo direct and feach
you, rs helpod my father. Witch you
nre n rich man"--and hero Mrs, <Snn-
dnll's eyes grow dim with tender feeling
-"you' cair Buy mo somo mofo dIa-
monds." a
1t wa;s' NOT q mnttor for hasty decision.
Mr.. Rnhdhii, remembering his failures.
|frss>ds,ibtlfnl Of his ability, but his wlfe
had hof w6Vs,and boforo tlielr wedded
lifo was s,S iiibhfiis old. Mr. Randall was
engaged In HIS now bus GSlss. u...
Spurfcd oNby IN honest sfffi2me thnt
woman hdtl q botior business iHfasS than
his-Own, Ilt' did whit ho' had mover dSSee.
bcfore--tliyew kis whole soul into his
business, and WIS amazed hInisolf to find
how soon no learned to guido 1t. He had
novef suspected he possessed such ability.
Every day llfled his heart with deeper
love for thu noblo woman who was SO
trne'andmitkfth a holpmatot to him; who,
with alf thb' knowledge he Hacked,
her real pbsition..
At homo In, the evening, she' sfiUwed
him the result OF her days corraspon-
dence or bobk-kceplng, aid ga0e him
clear instfletfoiis for the next days
work.
Aid hs;ltk.s6Ing quickly, had sufllcIont
senBS 10, Bt hor control the entire busi-
ness, until she hersclf, after two years OF
faithfjil'work. snid:
n,,pon cah do wiihodt me;. dehr.- I
Tfoy Had lived very economically In
those two years. Mrs. Randall govern
Ing thestieR house and one sofyfiiit as
eflloiUftly din she had contfotIsdt her
nieco's grtthd mkiision or the sffssfrs OF
tho factory.
bit ambition once roassd In 5oscph
Huhdail' Hb' resolved to' give Ms mifo
home as haihsame as the of,U aho
had LIFT for l6se-of him. Dcprfrina hor
of no corfiforf ile. t9Jid affoftii to give
her he' 'deiiied' hiiilBsff all oxtIIvaaaiis!es
TINT had' bstohie second r,ntrt0.
Cigars wete tftf6Ylf asidb, 6ibtiiItig
was roideeaI 80 responsibility, ighBtihg
the'riafiy ciihngas OF flisiiioh, fliiiigk wns
eScAahBef fbF All occasional drlyd With
ms. K8ndsiA, ahd ydir by ychr joseph
Randall ss& his bhsincss increasy;, ills
bhhH actodht ohlhrEc. until He was
mtstor OF d fSuMshl6g business. and
Of the maynffscoht f6ne wh6fo Mis-.
Randall had en1pibyou mo to pa!nt .he
paneis OF the bedroom dodfu.
~ And as ycars robbed tito devoted wIfe
OF Ier strength and tho notl6 beauty OF
middle life thty to5k' nothing ftf5yt,5 the